Knife.



H. o. HART.

KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED HAY 25, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT C. HART, .OF UNIONVILLE, CQNNECTICUT.

KNIFE.

Specificationv of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed May 25, 1909. Serial No. 498,316; Y

provide a sheet metal blank having em-` bossed portions and adapted tobe folded on a medial line and to provide a substantially hollow handle.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details ofconstruction and larrangements of parts which will be Vhereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims. V

In the drawings: Figure l, is a perspective view of my handle attachedto a knife.

Fig. 2, is a face view of the improvement showing the application of theinvention to a fork, parts being broken away. Fig. 3, 1s a detail of aslight modification. Fig. 4, is a detail view of the blank showing theembossed portions and edge flange preparatory to applying to a knife orfork. Fig. 5, is a detail cross sectional view on line m-m of Fig. l.Fig. 6, is a view of the blank partially bent. Fig. 7, is a detailvertical section. Fig. 8, is a cross section on line g/-g/ of Fig. 7.

' The same numerals refer to like parts' in all figures.

l, indicates a knife blade or a fork, pro-A vided with a tang 2, betweenwhich and the blade 1, are shoulders 3. The tang 1s of tapered formationand fits snugly between, the opposite sides of the handle to prevent 'ywithdrawal therefrom after the parts are assembled. A

My improved handle comprises `a blank having tapered sides 4,' androunded ends as at 5. The blank is provided with two longitudinallydisposed embossed portions 6--6, and two transversely alined embossedportions 7 7 at or near one end and on three sides the blank is turnedup to form a flange 7a. After the blank is embossed as described, shownin Fig. 4, it is bent along a medial line indicated at 8, to receive thetang 2 of the knife blade. The tang 2, is seated in the front Aend ofthe handle and the ends 9-9 of the flange 7a, after, the blank visfolded, -iits snugly in the shoulders '3'-3 to .rigidly position theblade and the handle.

Press-ure then applied tothe handle and 'i lit is clamped in position asshown ..in--F ig.

l. The handle and bladeY may be provided with openings 10, through whicha rivet passesv to further. assist 'in locking the twoA parts together.After the parts are assemf' bled as described the article is tinned ornickel plated, which covers the meeting `edges vofthe handle and thejoint between the latterand the knife blade, which fur-` ther servesfasa means of binding the parts" together. A handle, thus constructed iseX- tremely simple in construction, and can be manufactured at acomparatively small cost.

The longitudinal embossing serves to produce a. rounding `portion togrip the knife or fork and alsoforms a hollow structure. The transverseembossing provides the usual Ishoulder between the knife and the blade,

Vand strengthens the upper part of the lat-l terfas, willk be obvious byreference to the drawing.

In themodication shown in Fig. 3,the blank is provided with a forwardlyextending portion so as to fit over the upper edge Y of the blade andadjacent the shoulder l2,

therein which causes a much greater bearing surface andproducesa'stronger connection between the parts.

lVhat ly claim is:

1. A blank tapered longitudinally on its` edges and provided with twospaced apart 'transverse alined embossings, .near vone edge a flangearound its edge which abuts to space i the opposite sides of the blankwhen folded,

and provided with spaced apart embossings to form'- ribs, certain ofsaid ribs being longitudinally disposed and the others arranged atrightangle to the longitudinal ribs.

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3. An article of cutlery` having a body i portion and'provided withshoulders formed between the tang and the body portion, a

handle having two spaced 'sides formed from g a blank bent upon itself,and formed on its upper 4and lower edge with ychannels to receive theledges of the tang, said handle having adjacent fianges which abutagainst each other when the handle is clamped onthe A knife to provideone of the'chan'nels, the' ends of the flange and the upper edge of theblank adjacent the upper channel fitting against the shoulders to lockthe latter article of cutlery and the body portion together.

4. A knife handle comprising, a blank bent upon itself along a medialline, and formed along said medial line with a channel, the edges at therear and bottom of the handle being turned inwardly to form a channelwhich merges into and forms a continuation of the upper channel, thesides of the handle inside the edges of the channels being embossed toprovide outwardly eX- tended rounded portions, the front of the handleat the upper edge having an extension to form depending sides to embracethe top and sides of a knife blade, and transverse outwardly extendingembossings forming strengthening ribs located between the ends of theside embossings and the extension of the handle, said transverseembossings extending entirely across the sides of the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUBERT C. HART.

Witnesses E. C. HEACOX, lV. E. GRAHAM.

